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Patented May 7, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,000,088 f TYPE BARMACHINE Harley J. Megley, Chicago, Ill.` Application January 2s,1933,"sefia1 No. 653,966

6 claims. (olv. gsi-24) This invention relates to a type bar machine andthe present application is a continuation in part of my copendingapplication, Serial No. 118,176, filed June 24, 1926. s

The parent application above identified is directed to a method andmachine for moving the slug in a given path and, during its movement' insuch a path, bodily severing the body of the slug within its height todivide the Vslug body into a printing head of less than type high and aremoved gate-like base. The parent application is further directed tothe method of reducing the height or a type-high printing slug to lessthan type high, said slug having a slug body, which comprises moving theslug by intermittent motion in a given path and during a period ofintermission in the movement of the slug operating upon the slug tosever the body of the slug within its height whereby vto divide the slugbody into a printing head of less than type high and a removed gate-likebase, and to a machine of the class described having continuously oper.

ating means for moving the printing slug by intermittent motion in agiven path and means operable with said continuously operating means foroperating upon said slug across its width and during a period ofintermission in the movement of the slug to prepare the slug for vuse inthe chased carrier of a printing machine employing slugs which are lessthan type high. The parent application is still further directed to amachine for reducing to less than type high the heightA of a type-barhaving a printing head of a height less than type high and provided withretention means for engagement in a chased carrier, and a gate-like baseby moving the slug in a given path and severing the bar within itsheight and below the retention means in the head to separate the basefrom the printing head during the movement of the slug in said path, andto delivering the slugs prepared for use in the chased carrier of aprinting machine employing slugs which are less than type high topacking material or to a chased carrier, or other suitable or preferredmeans.

The present application relates to moving the slugs in a given path and,during the operation of the means for moving the slugs in such a path,operating upon the slug to form retention means for engagement in thechased carrier of the printing machine. The means for moving the slugsin a given path is adapted for con-V tinuous operation, and themeans forforming the retention vmeans is operable with this continuouslyoperating means. In one illustrated embodiment of the invention, themeans for forming the retention means operates upon the slug across itswidth and, in order to permit this and at the same time not interferewith the continuous operation of the slug moving means and the retentionforming means therewith, the slug is movedby intermittent motion, andthe retention forming meansoperates duringa period intermission in themovement of the slug.

It is to be understood', however, that the present invention is vnotlimited to operation of the retention forming means upon the slug acrossits width, nor is it to be limited to moving the slug by intermittentmotion and operating the retention forming means during a period ofintermission of the movement of the slug. The retention forming meansmay be in the form of complementary Wheels or other members betweenwhich the slugs are moved by the operation of the machine, and whichmeans impartsia crimped or serpentine formation or otherwise forms theretention means on the slug. y

The present invention also contemplates breaching the slug acrossA itswidth and during a period of intermission in the movement of the slug.The broaching feature is particularly applicable to slugs havingprinting rules, and the roaches formed in the broaching operation areadapted for receiving cross strips which may be' formed to print linesacross the lines printedy by the slug rules.V These cross strips mayalso bind or tie the slugs together. The broachingV lin the presentapplication are drawn to cover the more specific aspects of theseprovisions.

Numerous advantages and adaptations of the present invention will beapparent from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a top plan View of a machine embodying the presentinvention,*certain parts being omitted for purposes of clarity;

Figure 2 isa side elevational View of the same;

Figure 3 is ya rear elevational view;

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure landyshowingthe means for advancing the entire row cr group of type bars tothe. means for feeding the bars Vlaterally to-and past the means whichoperates to form retention means on the barsor to broach the same;`

Figure 4A is a perspective View of the slug posi-V tioning rack, theslug shank spacing prongs of which are shown in Figure 4;

Figure 5 is a. fragmentary top plan View showing the means for feedingthe bars laterally from the row ci bars which is advanced by the meansshown in Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 6 5 of Figure 5 showingthe actuating connection for the lateral feed means;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of the slug beioreforming theretention means and removing the .shank below the retention means;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line 8-8 ofFigure 1;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary detail section taken on the line 9-9 of Figure8;

Figure l0 is a fragmentary perspective View of the nished slug afterformation of the-retention means and removal of the shank below theretention means;

Figure 11 is a detail section showing a modified form of means forremoving the shank of the slug below the retention means;

Figure 12 is a detail section showing a modied form of means forcrimping orV forming retention means on the shank of the slug;

Figure 13 is a sectional view taken on the line Iii- 3 of Figure l2;

Figure 14 is a detail section showing means for broaching the printingrulel of a `slug provided with such a rule; and f.

Figure 15 is a fragmentary perspective view of a ruled slug broached bythe means of Figure 14.

Referring to the drawings, the present machine comprises in general thehorizontal table 5 mounted upon a suitable base or legs 8 havingsupporting feet 1.

A reel 8, freely journaled at 9 in the framework or base 5, carrie-s aroll of corrugated paper or board or other suitable material in whichthe slugs orrbars are packed.V The packing material I2 is placed in rollform on the spindle I8 of the reel 8, and when the material of one rollis exhausted another roll may be placed upon the reel. Slugs or bars ofdifferent lengths or packing material of different widths and withdifferent numbers of corrugations per foot may be employed. From thereel 8 the packing material I2 passes up around an idler roller I4freely journaled at the front edge of one side of the table or top 5 andpassing over the roller I4 it travels rearwardly over the table 5 beingadvanced rearwardly as the slugs are fed thereto by feed mechanismdesignated generally at |5.Y

The slugs or bars are arranged upon the table 5 in upright position withtheir character bearing edge-s upwardly and in a row I8 V(Figure 1),parallel with the rearward path of travel of the paper I2. Pusher orfeed means 28 feeds the lentire row I8 of bars rearwardly toward a feedmechanism 22 and into successive registration with a channel (Figure 8)in the edge piece along the block 23. The feed mechanism 22 removes thebars from the row I8, one at a time, and feeds them laterallyinto andthrough the channel 86, and the reduced and less than type high printingheads with the retention means formed therein are moved from theopposite end of the channel 8B into the successive channels in the paperI2 where the slugs are to be packed inthe manner more fully illustratedand described in `the parent application.

The block 23, and the edge piece 85 thereof, has ribs 88' longitudinallyalong the sides of the channel 85 for supporting and guiding theoverhanging head of the slug, as best shown in Figure 8.

`Where the overhanging head of the slug is previously formed, these ribsmay extend throughout the length of the channel 86, whereas, if thesides of the slugs are milled below the head toform the overhanging headin the movement of the slug through the machine, the ribs may bedisposed only beyond the head forming means in the path of movement ofthe slug from the point of supply to the point of delivery. Where theslugs are delivered directly tothe galley, multigraph drum, segment, orthe like, instead of to the packing material I2, the drum or otherholder is mounted at the end of the block 23 where the packing materialis now disposed, and is adapted to have its grooves successivelyregistered with the channel 86 to receive the slugs therefrom.` fn thepresent instance, the packing material is merely illustrative. ofk anymeans for receiving the slugs from the` channel 88, and it is to beunderstood thatY as the printing heads of the slugs leave the channel 88they may be taken in any suitable or preferred manner for use as andwhere desired.

The desired operation or combination of operations are. performed uponthe slug in its movement through the machine without interrupting orinterfering with the continuous operation of the machine.

Having now described, in a general way, the main parts of the machine, Ishall now proceed to a detailed description of the various parts ormechanisms.

The particular slug shown in Figure '7 comprises the shank 38 and theoverhanging head 3 I. The head 3| has the printing characters 33 and theoverall height of the slug is substantially equal to the height of theusual type high slug.

Where slugs of this sort are employed, they are arranged in uprightposition upon the table 5 inthe row I8. The T-shaped slugs may be heldin upright position upon the table 5 by positioning the lower ends ofthe shanks 38 between the prongs 588 of a rack 58|. The width of eachprong 588 is substantially equal to the distance between the shanks 38when the slugs are grouped with their heads in engagement as shown, andform spacers for spacing the lower ends of the Shanks of the slugs tohold the slugs in upright position. Individual spacer slugs or blocksmay, of course, be positioned between the lower ends of the slug Shanks38 for the same purpose. Where the spacer and slug positioning means isin the form of a rack as shown, the prongs of this rack preferably areintegrally connected at one end at 582 and the opposite ends of theprongs 588 are free and open from the opposite end of the rack so thatthe rack may be positioned at the type casting machine and the shanks ofthe T-shaped slugs moved slidingly into position between the prongs 588laterally of the rack and through the openings between the free ends ofthe prongs, the rack being moved with the operation of the type castingmachine to advance the spaces between the prongs 588 for receiving theslugs as they are discharged from the machine. The outer ends of theprongs 588 preferably are tapered at 583 to facilitate movement of theShanks 38 into the spaces 584 between the prongs. When Ythe desirednumber of slugs are positioned in the rack, the rack with the slugs inplace is positioned upon the table 5 ahead of the follower 28 with thecharacter bearing faces of the overhanging heads 3! facing upwardly asshown in Figure 4, and the follower 28 operates to feed the slugs andrack as a unit toward the lateral slug feeding means 22.

The dog 93 which engages the slugs and moves the same laterally from therow I8 operates above the plane of movement of the prongs 588 of therack to engage the slugs above the prongs 588 for the purpose of movingthe slugs laterally from the rack and into the guide 83 and the uppercharacter bearing heads through the guide and from the opposite endthereof. The stopping engagement of the guide with the slugs forpositioning the slugs successively in register with the guide groove 8,8preferably occurs above and/or beyondV the prongs M .and Athe guide isopen at 555 (Figure i) to `permit the rack to move therethrough as theslugs are removed from the rack. After the last slug is removed, therack is available in its position rearwardly of the guide 33 for usewith another group of slugs.

The follower is adjustably secured by a thumb screw 35 to one end of abar 35 slidably mounted in a slot 3l in thev table 5 for movementparallel with the path of travel of the paper l2 over the table 5. Theopposite sides ofthe bar 36 are grooved and the adjacent sides. of theslot 3'! have longitudinal tenons fitting in these grooves and holdingthe bar against upward and downward displacement. The opening 4H in thefollower 25, through which the screw 35 passes, is elongated and opensfrom one end of the follower to permit adjustment of the position of thefollower upon the bar 35 and convenient removal and replacement of thefollower so that followers of different lengths `for slugs of. differentlengths may be conveniently interchanged.

For the purpose of advancing the follower 25 to feed the entire row i8of slugs rearwardly toward the lateral Vfeed mechanism 22 theundersurface of the bar 35 has teeth or ridges 38 transversely acrossthe same. These teeth 38`may be formed in a separate. strip 39 securedto the lindersurface Vof the bar 36, as shown in Figure 4, or they maybe formed directly'in the under-surface of the bar 35 itself. f

Underlying and mounted for reciprocation beneath the bar 35 is a block112.` This block 52 is of generally channel cross section with outturnedmargins 3 at the upper edges of its opposite sides. These out-turnedmargins 43 overhang strips 44 which may be removably secured to thetable 5 and which support the block 42 for sliding movement beneath thebar 36..

Mounted in the channel portion of the block 52, between the oppositesides thereof, is a plate i5 having teeth 45 for engagement with theteeth 58 on the bar 36. The. plate 45 is guided for up and down movementin the channel portion of the block and free thereof upon pins 48secured in the block 42 and engaging in suitable openings in the plate55. At its forward end the block 42 has a depending ear 49 to which oneend .of an eccentric rod 55 is pivoted at 52. The opposite end of theeccentric rod 55 has an eccentric strap 53'surrounding an eccentric 5-'1on the. shaft 55 so that, as the shaft 55 is rotated, the block d?. andplate carried thereby will be reciprocated back and forth beneath thebar 36. The block 42 has an opening 55 for accommodating a coiled spring53, which spring is interposedy between the dog plate 45 and a platemember 55 resting upon the eccentric `rod 55. In operation, the shaft 55preferably rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 4and reciprocates the block 45E through the rod 55. The forward movementof the rod 55 and block 42 are accompanied by an upward component ormovement. This upward movement of the eccentric rod 55 yieldingly forcesthe plate or dog member 45 upwardly through the spring 58 and the teethi5 into engagement with the teeth 38 on the bar 35, and the accompanyingforward movement of the rod 55 and block 42 shifts or advances the bar35 rearwardly or to the left in Figure 4 through the engagement of theteeth of the dogv member or plate 45 withthe teeth on the bar 35. Therearward movement of the rod is accompanied by a downward componentormovement which releases the effort imparted upwardly upon the plate 45through the spring 58 and permits the teeth 4B on the plate 45 todisengage and slide yieldingly beneath the teeth 38 without shifting thebar 35 with the forward movement of the rod 55.

Thus the eccentric rod continuously advarices the row of slugs I8rearwardly without releasing the advancing tension with the movement ofthe rod 55 in the opposite direction, and theY accompanying upward anddownward movement in the rod 55 is utilized to create and releasetheadvancing engagement between the plate 45 andthe bar 35.

While the particular source of power may be varied, the sourceshowncomprises anelectric motor 52 mounted upon a shelf 63 at the bottom ofthe standards or legs 6. a pulley 552, and suitably journaled in theupper part of the standard framework 5 is a shaft 65 having a relativelylarge pulley 55. A belt 58, trained about the pulleysfi and 55 transmitthe drive of the motor to the shaft 65., The shaft E5 bears a`relatively small pinion 69 which meshes with a relatively large spurgear 'I0 on the shaft l2 and transmits ,the .drive to the shaft 'I2therethrough. The shaft 'i2 also bears a gear 'I3 which meshes with agear 'i4- jon the shaft 15 and transmits the drive to this shaft throughthese gears. The shaft I5 bears a worm gear 'lwhich meshes With a wormgear T8 on the, shaft 55 and drives the same therethrough. The shaft 55is journaled in bearingsr on the table 5, one of suchV bearings beingillustrated'at 38 in Figure a;

The feed mechanism 22 comprises a bar 82 reciprocable at right angles tothe direction of advancement of .the slug row i8 ina guide83 suitablysecured upon the table 5. The guide 33 forms, in effect, a stop for thesuccessive slugs i8. As the slug reaches .the guide 83 the stopfunction` thereof registers the overhanging head 3l with the groove 55in the block 23v and face or edge piece 55 along therear edge of theblock 2S and with the bottom of this overhanging head 3l positioned toslide upon the ribs 36 along the bottom of the groove 85 as the slug isfed laterally by the feed mechanism 22. I f

Pivoted at 55, upon a vertical pin 92 in the bar 82 and movable with thebar, is a dog 93.. This dog 53 has a nose which projects out through aslot in the guide 53, and a spring 95 connected between the guide 53 andthe dog 93 normally .swings the dog into projected position from theguide, as shown in Figure 5, and into engagement with a stop E5. v

For the purpose of reciprocating the feed bar 52, an armV or. lever 98is pivoted at one end at 59 (Figure 3) on the framework of the machine.The opposite end of this lever 98 is forked or bifurcated at I 50 andengages over a horizontal pin H52 on a post |53. The post 103 isadjustably clamped in a longitudinal slot 154 in the bar 82, theclamping member 55 engaging the upper surface of the bar 52 and fittingin the enlarged slot H25 in the top wall of the guide 83, and the handle68 for clamping the post to the bar is exposed above the guide 83.Thepost extends at its lower end, as shown in Figure 6, through asimilarly elongated slot H0 in the table 5., adjust the connectionbetween the upper end of the arm 93 and the bar 82, all that isnecessary is to loosen the handle 08 slightly, slide the post 5,3through the slot lill in the desired directionv and the desired amount,the handlev m8. This adjustment is for accommodatingtypeA bars ofdifferent lengths andffor The motor shaft has'V Tol and again tightenadjusting the point in the throw of the arm 98 at which the dog 93 isbrought into action.

For the purpose of oscillating the arm 88 the shaft 'I2 is provided witha crank arm II5, and a link I I0 pivotally connected at its oppositeends to this arm II5 and to the lever 98 imparts the throw of the cranki I5 to the lever 98 to oscillate the same and reciprocate the feed bar82. This crank connection between the shaft I2 and the jlever 98 mayobviously be adjustable if desired.

With the parts in the positions shown in Figure 5, the dog 93 is forcedinwardly upon reciprocation of the feed bar 82 to the right along thetype bar I8 adjacent the guide 33.V As the dog 93 passes the right handend of the adjacent slug l8,it is sprung out by the spring 95 intoengagement with the adjacent end of the slug I8 and, upon reciprocationof the bar 82 in the opposite direction, that is, to the left, thisengagement of the dog 93 with the adjacent end of the slug I8 takes upthis slug and moves it laterally to the left (Figure 5) into the ribbedgroove 85, as shown in Figure 8. As the dog 93 reaches'the limit of Yits movement to the left, the slug fed therebyis 1: completely out ofthe row I8 and the succeeding slug moves up into cooperation with theguide 83 and into registration with the ribbed groove 88.

Upon the succeeding reciprocation of the feed bar 82 the succeeding slugI8 is shifted laterally :.into the grocved guide 83 and moves theprinting head of the preceding slug ahead of it out into thesynchronously registered groove in the packing paper or material i2, orout into any other suitable or preferred means, or into posi- '.tion` tobe taken for use as and where desired. At the limit of the movement ofthe dog 93 this time the slug is again completely out of the row I8 sothat the succeeding slug may be advanced to the guide 83 and the head ofthe first slug is moved completely out of the guide 23 and packed orpositioned to be taken for use.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the machine ofthe present invention is adapted for continuous operation, that is, uponplacing a row cf slugs in place at I8 upon the table 5 and setting themachine in operation it may continue to operate until the last slug ismoved into position in the guideV 83 and until the head of the next tothe last slug is positioned in the packing material i2 or at thedischarge end of the machine. The lateral feed means 22 imparts anintermittent motion to the slugs, the period of intermission in themovement of each slug occurring during the movement of the lateral feedmeans from its left hand position to its right hand position as viewedin Figure l. The slug is in position in the guide channel 83 during theperiod of intermission in its movement and,` with the slug in thisposition and in the embodiment of Figures 1 to 8 during the period ofintermission in its movement, it is operated upon to form -retentionmeans on the slug and to remove the slug body below the retention means.

For this purpose, I have shown a reciprocable cutter 430 for cutting theshank 30 of the slug to the desired height at 433i. This cutter 430 hasupstanding protuberances 1132 for simultaneously crimping or bending theshank 36 of the slug as shown in Figure l0. An opposed crimping member433 has a wavy or serpentine edge, as shown in dotted lines at 43d inFigure 9, which is complementaryy to the protuberances 432 to impart thedesired crimped 0r serpentine formation to the slug shank 30 at adistance below the overhanging head 3 I. A motion reversing mechanism435 moves the member 433 toward and into cooperationwith the crimpingprotuberances 432 in the crimping operation and in a direction away fromthe protuberances 432 as the cutter 430 and crimping elements 432 arewithdrawn from the slug. This frees the crimped shank 30 for endwisemovement of the slug through the guide channel 88. The cutter 430 isguided by guides 438 and is reciprocated by an eccentric 439 disposed onthe shaft 55 and surrounded by an eccentric strap 440 to which isconnected a pitman rod 44I pivoted at its opposite end at 442 to thecutter 430. The reciprocating crimping member 433 may operate betweenguides 445'.

yFor the purpose of holding the heads of the slugs down firmly upon theribs 86 (Figure 8) during the operation of the means for crimping orforming retention means in the shank of the slug and during theoperation of the means for removing the slug body below the retentionmeans, a roller 508 is provided. This roller is carried by a frame 503which operates in a guide 5I0 and the frame 509 has connection at 5I Iwith a lifting and lowering cam 5I2 on the shaft 55.

The cam 5I2 is timed to bring the roller 508 down firmly upon theprinting face of the slug as the slug crimping and severing means comesinto operation, and upon completion of the slug crimping and severingoperation the cam 5I2 lifts the roller 508 to free the crimped printinghead of Y the slug for ejection through and from the guide slot 80. Theroller 508, or at least the surface thereof, is preferably of arelatively soft material which will not injure the printing face of thetype slug in its engagement therewith.

By moving the slugs through the machine by an intermittent motion andoperating upon them during a period of intermission in their movement,the machine may operate continuously to feed'successively therethrough anumber of slugs placed on the table 5 without interrupting orinterfering with the continuous operation of the machine by theoperation or operations performed upon the slugs. And the cutting andcrimping means operates upon the the periods of intermission in theirmovement to crimp the Shanks of the slugs below the overhanging headsand to cut olf or remove simultaneously the excess of metal below thecrimped portion, thereby preparing the slugs for use in the chasedcarriers of printing machines employing slugs which are less than typehigh, such as a multigraph drum, slotted type plate or the like.

The crimping of the shank of the slug below the overhanging headproduces protuberances on the opposite sides of the shank below thehead. These protuberances constitute, in effect, ribs on opposite sidesof the slugs which are adapted to be slidingly interlocked with theundercut chases or slots in the drum or type carrier of the printingmachine and are effective to lock the slugs to the type carrier and toprevent them from dropping therefrom. The spaces between the overhanginghead 3I and the protuberances 450 (Figure 10) on opposite sides of theshank 38 of the finished slug constitute longitudinal grooves forinterlocking with the flanges or ribs at the tops of the undercutgrooves in the type holder.

wish to call attention at this point to the fact that, whereas thefollower 20 imparts a positive advancing movement to the row of slugsI8, the actuating connection to this follower is yieldable to a degreeso that should any of the slugs become jammed or fail to be moved vawaylaterally the machine will continue to operate without slugs duringinjury to any of the parts. For example, the slug advancing dog 45 willsimply slip or ride over the toothed bottom 38 of the bar 36 at suchtime. The other parts of the machine are also free to continue operationVwithout injury in such instances.

The table or base plate 5 has an opening (not shown) through which thesevered gate or base of the slug drops downupon and is discharged by achute |30 and the character bearing head is fed on laterally Yinto thealigned or registered channel in the packing material I2 or holder. Forthe purpose of aligning and guiding the row of slugs 8 on the left, aguide |35 is secured at |35 .upon the top of the table 5.

Aof the length of the slugs I8 to vary the distance between the guide|35 and the opposing end of the 'spacer |4||"to accommodate slugs ofdifferent lengths. The spacer bar |42 may be guided by the cooperationof the block |43 with the slot |44 therein, and said bar I 42 is adaptedto be clamped fixedly in any desired position by the thumb screw |45.The spacer |40 has a yieldable follower plate or bar |48 yieldinglyurged by springs |49 into cooperation with the .adjacent ends of theslugs |8 to hold the 'slugs properly positioned between it and thevguide |35. Set screws |50 may be provided for adjusting the yieldablefollower plate |48 with respect to the spacer bar |42.

Pivoted on the slug cooperating end of the bar |42 upon a pivot |52 toswing in a horizontal plane is an arm |54. Thisarm |54 forms, in effect,a kick-over member which engages the slug |B adjacent the guide 83 asthe slug is registered 'with the .groove 85 and kicks the slug laterallyslightly as shown at |58 in Figure 5. This initially engages the head ofthe slug in the groove 86 and sets the opposite end of the slug in alittle just preceding its lateral movement which. assures that thepivoted dog 93 will take over this end of the slug and shift the samelaterally with its succeeding reciprocation' For Vits kick-over action,the arm |54 is provided with a reduced nose |60 (Figure 5) which engagesonly one slug adjacent the guide S3 at a time. The arm |54 is urged in acounterclockwise direction (Figure 5) by a coiled spring |62 so that asthe head of the slug is freed by its registration with the slot 86 thearm 54 is swung in a counterclockwise direction and, by means of itsnose |68, moves the slug laterally slightly.

The corrugated packing material or the galley, multigraph drum, segment,or other holder or receiver, as the case may be, may be operated oradvanced synchronously with the follower-20 and reciprocating bar 82 toregister successively the channels |32 with the channel 85 for thereception oi the type slugs with each reciprocation of the bar 82 to theleft in Figure l.

Where the slug receiver is the packing material or board |2, themechanism l5 for advancing the corrugated paper or board I2 over theupper surface of the table 5 parallel with the feed by the follower 20and at right angles to the lateral feed by the reciprocating bar 82operates synchronously with the follower 26 and reciprocating bar 82 toposition one of the longitudinalY depressions or valleysY |32 in thecorrugated paper in register with the slot 86 for the reception of thetype carrying head of the bar with each reciprocation of the bar 82toward the paper |2. As the bar 82 moves to the right (Figure l) acorrugation or valley in the packing material is moved into registerwith the opposite end of the slot 85 and remains in registrationtherewith to Areceivethe character bearing head-of the type bar upon?vthat is` required Yis to place the type-bars upon the table 5 betweenthe follower 28 and the guide 83 and the follower 25 operates toregister successively these bars with one end of the slot 86, while thefeed mechanism I5 operates to register successively the corrugationswith the opposite end of the slot 85 and the feed mechanism 22 operates-to feed the bars laterally and by intermittent motion into the guideslot 86, and the character bearing heads of the bars are then moved fromthe guide 88 and into the corrugations in the packing material. The barsin the row I8 may be conveniently replenished from timeV to time bydrawing the follower 20 forwardly and inserting additional bars ahead ofThe paper feed mechanism i5 is fully iuustrated and described in theparent application iabove identified. It forms no part of the present4invention and full illustration and description thereof will not 'berepeated here. Where reference' characters are supplied to parts of thepaper feed mechanism, these reference characters des- 'l ig'natesimilarly designated parts in the parent application, and reference ismade to that application for a description of these parts and for suchadditional disclosure as maybe desired.

It is to be understood that, instead of placing the slugs upon the table5 ofthe machine in type high form and simultaneously crimping the Shanksof the slugs beneath the heads and removing the shanks below the crimpedportions, the slugs may, within the scope of the present invention, becut'v or formed to the desired height for use in the chased carrier ofthe printing machine, and the less than type high slugs may be movedthrough the machine in a given path and operated upon in the movement insaid path to period of intermission in their movement, the 1 Shanks ofthe slugs may be operatedupon during their movement through the machineby a rotary cutter 45d (Figure il) `disposed in the path of travel ofthe slugs and adapted for cutting the shanks of the slugs to the desiredheight.

And the present invention is'not' limited to forming the retention meansby operating upon the slug across its width and during a period Vofintermissionin itsmovement. As shown,for example, in Figures 12 and 13,the retention means may be formed in the shank of the slug at a distancebelow the overhanging head by complementary crimping wheels 455rotatable in opposite directions about axes 465 and provided withcomplementary wavy or serpentine periph- 5 in the multigraph drum or`other carrier, the crimping Wheels 465 and cutter 460 are combined inthe same machine to crimp the shank of the slug and to remove the shankbelow the crimped part in the movementJ of the slug through the machine.If the slug is cut or formed to the desired reduced height for use inthe multigraph drum or other carrier before delivery to the machine, thecutter may be omitted, in which case the crimping wheels 465 willoperate to crimp the shank a distance below the head in the passage ofthe slug through the machine.

In Figure 14 I have shown a block 455 vwhich is adapted to be mounted inthe opening in the bed of the machine in place of the block 23 andassociated parts. This block 450 has a channel 45| for receiving theslug 452 which is shown as being without grooves or the like. Anunderlying plate'453 fastened to the block 450 sup-ports the bottom ofthe slug 452 and the printing base of the slug is provided with a rule455 disposed up in an overlying block 456 which is undercut at 451 toreceive bits 458.

The bits 458 form broaching bits and are of the usual triangularcross-section, and they are suitably connected as through an eccentricmechanism with one of the drive shafts of the machine, for example, theshaft 55 to be reciprocated thereby and broach the printing rule 455.For the purpose of permitting the eccentric connection, the bed plate isprovided with suitable slots 460, as shown in Figure 1, the slug l452with the rule 455 broached at 465 is Yshown fragmentarily in Figure 15.The broached openings 465 are positioned at suitable intervals along therule 455 so that, when a plurality of the slugs 452 are assembled inside-to-side relation with the openings 465 in alignment, cross rules ortie strips of corresponding triangular cross-section may be insertedthrough the aligned triangular openings 465 to position the cross rulesto .print lines across the lines printed by the rules 455. The printingfeature of the cross rules may, of course, be omitted, in which case thetie strips inserted throughV the broached openings 485 will tie theassembled slugs 452 together to hold the same in printing relation.

I have described the invention in connection with the details of certainparticular embodiments, but I do not intend thereby to limit theinvention to such details, nor do I intend to be limited to theparticular relation of the essential features shown and described.

I claim:

l. In a machine of the class described,the combination of a continuouslyoperatingreciprocatory means for moving a printing slug by intermittentmotion in a given path, and movable means operable with saidcontinuously operating means during a portion of its reciprocatorymovement but during a period of intermission in the movement of the slugand constituting a part of the machine for operating upon the slug in adirection transverse to the normal movement of the slug in said path toform retention means on the slug.

2. In a machine of theclass described, the combination of a continuouslyoperating means for moving a printing slug by intermittent motion in agiven direction, said slug having a slug body, separate means operatingcontinuously in conjunction with said first means for moving said sluglaterally with respect to said direction in Vmeans on the'slug.

which the slug is moved by said first means, and means operable in adirection parallel with respect to said rst direction and with saidfirst continuously operating means and constituting a part of themachine for operating upon the slug said iirst supporting means forsupporting one slug at a time by the T-shaped head thereof, acontinuously operating means for moving said slugs by intermittentmotion in a given path and advancing said slugs, one at a time, fromsaid first supporting means to said second supporting means, and meansoperable with said continuously operating means for operating upon theslug held in said second supporting means during a period ofintermission in the movement of the slugs to bend the slug held in saidsecond supporting means some distance below the T-shaped headthereofwhereby to form retention means on the slug.

4. The method of preparing a group of printing slugs for use in a chasedcarrier of a printing machine, each of said slugs having a slug body,which method comprises advancing the group of slugs in a givendirection, intermittently shifting the slugs laterally one at a timefrom said group in a direction toward a receiver, operating upon eachslug in the direction parallel to said first direction after the slughas been shifted laterally from said group but before it has reachedsaid receiver for the purpose of forming retention means on the slug andto remove the slug body therefrom below the retention means, andcompleting the movement of the printing slug to said receiver in saidsecond direction.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of acontinuously operating means Vfor moving a printing slug by intermittentmotion in a given path, a pair of operative means arranged on oppositesides of the portion of said given path in which the slug has itsposition during the period of intermission in the intermittent movementof said slug, and means for moving said pair of operative meanssimultaneously in opposite directions and at right angles to saidportion of the path to operate on both sides of said slug while in saidposition to form retention 6. In a machine of the class described, thecombination of a continuously operating means for moving a printing slugby intermittent motion in a given path, a pair of operative meansarranged on opposite sides of the portion of said given path in whichthe slug has its position during a period of intermission in theintermittent movement of said slug, means for moving said pair ofoperative means simultaneously in opposite directions and at rightangles to said portion of the path to operate on both sides of said slugwhile in said position to form retention means onI the slug, and meansoperated by said last mentioned means for holding said slug in saidposition during the formation of said retention means thereon.

Y HARLEY J. MEGLEY.

